Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.
Troll guarding mushrooms. I guess they became bold since I’ve been away from the house for four months. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/2.4, 1/2000 sec).

David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Troll guarding mushrooms. I guess they became bold since I’ve been away from the house for four months. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/2.4, 1/2000 sec).
It has been raining recently and the mushrooms are popping up. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens. (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).
Rhododendron Flower. One of the few plants that blooms in my yard where the flowers are 6 feet above the ground. They are above and out of reach from the hungry deer. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Having Trouble Getting Close Enough to Suck Juices From My Cactus. Indoor Spring Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D810A camera 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 800, 60 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec).
Carpenter Bee in Flight. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec). This is a crop from the full image. I did this hand-held, and had to manually focus. So lots of out of focus images to get one I liked.